SEA Games 2017
August 20, 2017
Me’s Fly weight Ian Clark Bautista def Abdul Salam Kasim of Malaysia via unanimous
decision. Men’s Bantam Weight Mario Fernandez knocked out Maung Nge of Myanmar in
Round 1. Eumir Marcial def Nguyen Mang Cuong of Vietnam in Middle Weight by
unanimous deicision. All three boxers advanced to the quarter finals.
What will Manny Pacquiao’s 2017 Look Like?
By Kevin Kennedy, our new Guest Author
Jan 13, 2017
USS Sports Machine Website
Time to hold off on that retirement party for Manny Pacquiao - at least for now.
The current WBO welterweight champion and boxing legend, at the age of 38, is on the
home stretch of his career, but it looks like he’ll be busy in the ring in 2017. Pacquiao is
scheduled to defend his championship in April against Australia’s Jeff Horn and reportedly is
in discussions to take on IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook of England later in the year.
Pacquiao will fit these fights in between sessions of the Philippines Senate, of which he is an
elected member. In any case, 2017 is expected to be his last hurrah as a boxer and fights with
Horn, Brook, and potentially others, are part of a “Farewell Tour.”
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN that Pacquiao will fight Horn on April 22nd at a
to-be-determined location. Rumors are strong that the bout will take place in Horn’s native
Australia and that Pacquiao is keen to fight overseas. His proposed bout with Brook would
likely be held in England.
Pacquiao’s advisor Michael Koncz, however, would prefer that the bout with Horn be held in
the United Arab Emirates - or wherever his fighter would best be compensated.
Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs) is boxing’s only eight-division world champion and considered
one of the best boxers of this generation. He last fought in November when he outpointed
Jessie Vargas to capture the WBO welterweight crown. It was his second consecutive victory
after his 2015 loss to Floyd Mayweather in one of the most lucrative fights in boxing history.
Because Pacquiao serves in the Philippines’ Senate, he’s limited to boxing - and serious
training - only when the Senate is on recess. Arum said that Pacquiao could potentially fight
again in July after his bout with Horn.
Horn (16-0-1,11 KOs) is a relative unknown who was a member of Australia’s 2012 Olympic
boxing team. The only blemish on his professional record is a 2013 draw against countryman
Rivan Cesaire. Horn scored a sixth-round knockout of Ali Funeka last month in New
Zealand.
If Pacquiao agrees to fight on Horn’s home turf, the bout would take place at Brisbane’s
Suncorp Stadium and - said Arum - would be televised in primetime on a Saturday night in
the U.S.
While a Pacquiao vs. Brook fight remains a strong possibility, Brook has the option of
defending his IBF title against mandatory challenger Errol Spence or may opt to take on
Amir Khan in what would be considered a much bigger fight.
Brook has not fought since losing last September to Gennady Golovkin in a thriller, his only
defeat in 37 professional bouts.
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Pacman boxers dominate POC-PNG Mindanao meet
Article by Bong Pedralvez
PAGADIAN – Boxers backed by popular ring icon Manny Pacquiao captured most of the golds up for grabs at the close of the POC-PSC Phiippine National Games Mindanao eliminations here on Monday.
General Santos pugs topped that list with four golds, led by Jhon Peter Patrick Cagumay, who scored an impressive fourth-round technical knockout win over Bayog’s Roque Tapayan in the junior boys bantamweight division at the Combat Sports Arena inside the Provincial Government Center.
RV Denega topped team PacMan’s Richard Bulacan, 2-1, in the boys flyweight division, Jayson Mama carved a unanimous decision triumph Sarangani province’s Rodrigo Belinggan in the boys flyweight class, Regel Lou Alde beat Digos City’s Jerson Bancil by a 2-1 decision in the men’s elite flyweight category for GenSan’s other victories.
Team Pacman took two golds with feisty Jean Minguillian dominating Zamboanga City Rosmil Samson, 3-0, while Rey Tagulaylay proved too much for Digos City’s Jeremy Puno, 3-0, in the men’s elite light flyweight championship in the meet organized by the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Philippine Sports Commission.
Zamboanga City and the town of Guipos, Zambonga del Sur secured a pair of mints each in the sportfest supported by the Zamboanga del Sur provincial government led by Gov. Antonio Cerilles, who hosted the PNG as part of the highlights of the province’s 63rd founding anniversary.
Rennie Boy Ferraren beat Team Pacman’s Jestine Tesoro, 2-1, in the boys light bantamweight class while Romer Dagoy whipped Manti’s Aljum Pelesio, 3-0, in the boys bantamweight category for Zamboanga City’ victories.
Guipos boxer Sherwin Anthony Marcial overwhelmed Cagayan de Oro’s Renato Victolero, 3-0, and teammate Dennis Gaan outslugged CDO’s Roel Otaza, 3-0, in ruling the boys lightweight and men’s elite light welterweight championship matches, respectively.
Sarangani’s Dave Apolinario defeated Zamboanga City’s Archie Galvez, 3-0, in securing the boys light flyweight crown while Cabadbaran’s Felmar Antiga vanquished GenSan’s Jan Ramil Boloy, 3-0, in bagging the boys featherweight title.
Lutay’s Carolyn Calungsod clobbered GenSan’s Roxan Capawan, 3-0, in annexing the girls bantamweight championship while Pagadian Mohammad Khader Banua subdued Cagayan de Oro’s Denmark Quibido, 2-1, in the men’s bantamweight finals for the other victories.
Cabadbaran’s Earl John Zamora, a former member of the NU varsity squad, topped the men’s standard competition in chess while Davao City’s Mary Jonah Lequin took top honors in the women’s standard division.
The gold, silver and bronze medalists in the Mindanao eliminations qualify for the PNG national finals next year in April.
Batang Pinoy 2013 Finals Boxing Bouts
BP 2013 Schedule of Boxing Bouts
Article by PSC Commissioner Atty. Jose Luis ‘Jolly’ Gomez,
Ed Picson of ABAP says that the rule should be that in the event of a stopped fight, the
judges scorecard should be consulted and whoever is leading will be awarded the fight.
Clearly Willy Lopez was ahead but the scorecards were never shown on screen and the match
was over. He will file a protest but in his mind this will be difficult to overturn because of
existing AIBA rules.
We are proud of our boxers. A delegation of 10 boxers ending up with 3 Golds, 4 Silvers and
3 Bronzes. 4 of them are rookies and 5 of them are under 22 years old. This is the future of
Filipino boxing. Laban Pilipinas!
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Muhammad Ali Quotes
Jan 9,2014
- Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
- Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
- I am the onliest of boxing’s poet laureates.
- I run on the road, long before I dance under the lights.
- I will not risk my life for a country that does not recognize my right to schedule my bouts where and when I want. (Asking for the Vietnam War to be relocated to Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas)
- I would rather get spanked by my poor old daddy
- than kill some dude in a damn rice paddy.
- I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong. (On why he refused to join the US Army during the Vietnam War)
- I’ll beat him so bad he’ll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
- If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don’t ask how. Hitch him up!
- If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.
- It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
- My toughest fight was with my first wife.
- No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.
- Superman don’t need no seat belt.
- The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
- War on nations change maps. War on poverty maps change.
- When you’re as great as I am, it’s hard to be humble.
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